SHILPI ENGINEERING PVT. LTD. AND ORS. vs JASPAL SINGH

CRM-M-28293-2026 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 168 CRM-M-28293-2026 (O&M) Date of decision: 18.05.2026 Shilpi Engineering Pvt. Ltd. and others ...Petitioners Versus Jaspal Singh ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANISHA BATRA Present:- Mr. Sharad Aggarwal, Advocate for the petitioners. MANISHA BATRA, J. (Oral) 1. The instant petition has been filed by the petitioners under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for quashing of order dated 01.05.2025 (Annexure P-16), passed by the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Panipat in Criminal Complaint bearing No. NACT-747-2023, titled as Jaspal Singh v. Shilpi Engineering Pvt. Ltd. and others, filed under Sections 138 and 142 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (for short ‘N. I. Act’), whereby the petitioners had been declared as proclaimed persons. 2. It is argued by learned counsel for the petitioner that they have been falsely implicated in the aforesaid case. They have been declared as proclaimed persons without following the proper procedure prescribed under Section 82 of Cr.P.C. They were never served with any notice/summons/warrant issued by